Information Technology and Libraries articles from June 1999

Information Technology and Libraries archives from June 1999

LITA NOTES.
June 1, 1999... 1999 Election Results Following are the results of the LITA 1999 elections (those elected in bold, votes show in parentheses). Vice-President / President-elect: Sara Randall (354) Tom Wilson (246) Board of Directors: ...

Web-Based OPACs: Between Tradition and Innovation.
June 1, 1999... Developments in information technology have propelled the implementation of OPACs available via the Internet. The article analyzes the change that these OPACs have represented to the structure, administration, and maintenance of the catalogs;...

Teaching for Technology: Current Practice and Future Direction.
June 1, 1999... The importance of technology to the information professions is undeniable. Education for library and information science must incorporate a critical technology component into master's programs. This paper presents an examination of some...

Sharing Minds: Creating the Iowa Scholarly Digital Resources Center.
June 1, 1999... The University of Iowa Libraries, in partnership with faculty from a wide range of disciplines, has established the Scholarly Digital Resources Center (SDRC) to foster the creation and use of digitized collections and resources of interest to...

Extended Reference Service in the Electronic Environment.
June 1, 1999... This article describes how extended reference service is offered within the electronic environment at the University of Central Florida Library. It also provides an observation on how the new technologies, specifically electronic discussion...

Tuning Up Your Web Site: An Overview of Two Free Web Site Diagnostic Tools.
June 1, 1999... This article provides an overview of two free Web site diagnostic services provided by Web Site Garage and NetMechanic. Both services provide no-cost link check, HTML check, and image byte size reduction. Web Site Garage offers a unique link...

Webcats and Checklists: Some Cautionary Notes.
June 1, 1999... Joan M. Cherry's September 1998 ITAL - article does a careful job of evaluating Web online catalog displays based on checklist judging. This communication raises some questions about checklist judging in general and the Cherry checklist in...

Information Access by Design: Electronic Guidelines for Librarians.
June 1, 1999... Traditionally, librarians have not been trained in graphic design. However, with the proliferation of the World Wide Web and the concept of librarian as educator, librarians are being called upon with increasing frequency to design Web pages...

Feedback.(Letter to the Editor)
June 1, 1999... Editor's note: ITAL welcomes input from our readership, and will strive to publish any and all such communications that we receive. The following essay by Robert Hauptman is his reaction to the article by ITAL board member David Lewis that...

Civic Space/Cyberspace: The American Public Library in the Information Age.(Review)
June 1, 1999... Civic Space/Cyberspace: The American Public Library in the Information Age by Redmond Kathleen Molz and Phyllis Dain. Cambridge: MIT Press, 1999.272p. $30 (ISBN 0-262-13346-6). Redmond Kathleen Molz and Phyllis Dain provide a detailed...

Web Graphics Software.(Brief Article)
June 1, 1999... Images and graphics effects on the Web were once considered a luxury (and often a nuisance), but have now become standard fare on most library Web pages. Just a few years ago, creating graphics for the Web was a tedious process that required...

Adobe ImageStyler Version 1.(Evaluation)(Brief Article)
June 1, 1999... Adobe ImageStyler Version 1 AdobeSystems, Inc. http://www.adobe.com Minimum hardware requirements ,for Windows 95/98/NT: Intel Pentium or faster processor. Macintosh systems require a PowerPC processor and at least MacOS Software version...

Fireworks 1.0.(Brief Article)(Evaluation)
June 1, 1999... Fireworks 1.0 Macromedia http://www.macromedia.com Minimum hardware requirements for Windows 95/98/NT: Intel Pentium 120MHz processor, 32 MB of system RAM (40 for NT), 60 MB of available hard disk space, and a CD-ROM drive. The Macintosh...

PhotoDraw 2000.(Brief Article)(Evaluation)
June 1, 1999... Microsoft http://www.microsoft.com Minimum hardware requirements for Windows 95/98/NT: Intel Pentium 166 MHz processor, 190 MB available hard disk space, 32MB RAM, 1MB video RAM. Not available .for Macintosh. Price: $149 (with $40 rebate...